ISO/TR 25257:2009 covers:

1. specifying the international business requirements for an international coding system for medicinal products;
2. analysing the most significant international coding systems for medicinal products in current use and within the context of the objectives that each system was designed to serve;
3. assessing the potential ability of each international coding system to fulfil the identified international business requirements of an international coding system for medicinal products;
4. considering the issues involved in producing a unified international coding system which will meet all business requirements;
5. recommending next steps for a unified international coding system for medicinal products.